Roommates

These 2 yay-hoos seen here Rodeo-ing on horseback and alligatorback are now officially roommates!  

We made the move to room sharing AND big boy bed sleeping a couple of weeks ago.  I mentioned before, klp ditched the crib and started sleeping in his bed a while back and had an almost seamless transition.  We decided to throw in the wild card about a week and a half ago and put q in the room in his big boy bed (which we are actually NOT calling a big boy bed....I'll explain later).  I'd say its gone really well.  We knew it wouldn't be perfect, but some things that we were expecting to be horrible haven't been.....aaaaaand some things have been worse, but oh well.  

The first night was comical. KLP and I really didn't make a plan and kind of just threw it on the boys, so I can't blame them for spazing out, but they did.  I walked out and they were screaming and Q was at the door in 2 seconds. They eventually settled down, but it wasn't pretty.  The second night there was still the crying and Q got up once, but they settled down in about 10 minutes.  Since then, going to bed has been zero trouble.  The mornings are where the trouble has been.  

So, the transition has been good and bad.  Bad news first.....

BAD NEWS: 

I have had to give up some major luxuries.  Both boys woke up super happy and super happy to stay in their beds and play.  That allowed me more time to wake up myself and not have to hurry and jump up and be "on" immediately.  That's the biggie for me and it is no more. I know, I know, cry me a river....but I've had it good for so long I got spoiled.  I think I could make them stay in their beds, but I don't want them to because I don't want them to wake the other one up.  I could get them to go back to sleep, but not without a fight and the fight would wake the other up and then it would all be over.  I give.  

If Q ever woke up early, he would always suck his thumb and go back to sleep.  Now he just gets up.  

All of this has led to EARLIER MORNINGS.  BOOOOO.  I am not a morning person.  They used to sleep til at least 8.  Not anymore.  BOOOOOO.  

Quinn thinks its cool to go wake klp up when he wakes up. He also takes it upon himself to turn off the sound machine (which is probably what wakes klp up).  I caught him in the act today, thanks to the video monitor. It was quite a site watching him high tail it back to his bed the second he heard the door open.  Little rascal.  

The bottom line is they are going to wake each other up and that is BAD NEWS.  

GOOD NEWS:

Putting them down at the same time.  KLP and I usually just take turns and its nice to have a "night off".  Its nice to do the routine once instead of twice.  

klp has actually almost completely quit screaming when we walk out of the room.  He's done it for almost 3 years.  99% of the time he would scream his head off when we would leave and then after a few minutes, he'd go to sleep.  Now when we leave, he might whine a tiny bit, but usually he is quiet.  Both of them are.  Its amazing.  

Its cute.  The whole sharing a room thing.  Good stuff.  

One of the main things I was worried about was nap time.  klp doesn't always take a nap and even when he does he sometimes plays in his bed some before going to sleep.  Q on the other hand is still a BIG nap taker and I was not ready to risk that.  So, our solution was to make q think it was the coolest thing in the world to have 2 beds.  So during the day, he still sleeps in his crib.  Thats why we don't want to call his twin bed a big boy bed because we don't want him to NOT want to be in the "baby" bed.  So we have a day time bed and a night time bed (also called the cowboy bed).  Its worked with no trouble.  klp still gets to have his loud nap where even if he doesn't sleep he plays on his bed great and Q still gets to take a long uninterrupted nap in the afternoons.  YAY!  We are in no hurry for the nursery because Baby will be in our room for a while, so we can do the crib/bed thing as long as we need to.  I'm very happy with that.  

I love having all of their clothes and stuff in one room.  It makes putting clothes up so much easier its all in one closet and one dresser. 

Here they are on night #2.  Daddy reading them the frog book...

snoozing Q (I think thats a ghost spot above his head...heee heee....or dust particles). He refuses covers.  Always has.  

Very blurry phone pic in the dark, but its both of them snoozing away.  They each have a cushion in case of fall-off.  Q has an alligator, klp has shams from the old bed in that room.  Both have been put to use. :) The room decor is still under construction, so don't judge the dresser cuteness or anything else.  Baby steps.  

Went to check on the boys before I went to bed and found q sawing logs on top of his alligator and boot pillow.  We never heard a sound and I'm guessing it never woke him up (because I'm pretty sure he would've screamed his head off).  We put him back in bed and he never knew it.  Glad we had the soft landing for him.  Sorry for the blur. 

Q's last night in his crib.  Why are sleeping pictures SOOOO CUTE to me??!?! 

The big brother.  According to him, its still "his room" and he loves the night time when Bubba gets to sleep in his room with him.  :)  And he's really cute sleeping.  

I figure they'll be roommates til they go to college, so I hope they like it.  

June Pictures

Somehow, June is over....how in the world did that happen????  I'm having a baby NEXT MONTH.  Oh man.  I'll let the pictures do the talking.  Here's some June happenings....

This was from the week klp did Pee Wee's at camp.  Drayton and Q watched a little movie together when D woke up.  

We went out for middle Sunday of 2nd session. It was a nice, not so hot day so we all enjoyed it (including Kory).  Ro and Q sweet cousins

A day at camp really takes its toll on a boy

This was ANOTHER trip out to camp.  My cousins are out there working and there so me and my Aunt Mary Lynn find all kids of excuses to go out there.  This day, they needed more peaches and had to sign some papers.  Works for me.  My boys always love seeing Jay and Blake at camp.....Jay even let Q wear his whistle! 

and shared a peach with him...I think Q ate at least 3 just in the short time we were there.  

I think sleeping babies (or big boys) are just too sweet. klp in his big bed..

klp and Caden playing with Caden's castle.  

I went to put Q down for a nap and came back and klp had sorted all his frogs into his measuring cups......and put on a necklace.  Nice.  

It took us about a week to get klp's crib down and out of his room, so we moved Q's bed in there.  They were SOOOOOO excited!  They could hardly wait for me to get the sheets on it before they started playing on it. Diving, jumping, sqealing, rolling around!! We weren't moving Q just yet, but they were still pretty pumped about the bed! 

Another night, another sleeping boy....upside down! ha! 

A little swim time at Chandler's 

showing off Daddy's old boots. 

This picture isn't that great, but it was sweet.  Q wearing Daddy's old boots watching some basketball.....and of course sucking his thumb.  

Bad idea, Q.  He was totally stuck.  

Our neighbor gave us this pool. Its really kinda lame since its so small, but shhhhhhh don't tell my kids....they don't know that!  They think its awesome and it was free to me.  

Good times June! 

Kanyon goes to Camp

Kanyon's actual age has dictated very few things in our life.  From the beginning, his "real" age was almost a non factor.  He had separate growth charts, developmental expectations, and he never wore clothes sizes that went with his age.  He just recently left the nursery at church and joined a bigger class.....but still younger than his real age.  We've just kind of done what worked for him wherever he was in his little world.  Even our school decisions haven't depended on his age, we've just done what seemed to fit him.  BUT you get to go to Day Camp at Camp Deer Run when you turn 5 and all of a sudden, I played the "He's 5" card!! :)  So, last week, Kanyon had his first real CDR experience.  We went the same week Roselyn and Avery went and while we "did" Pee Wees we did it with our own little flair.  For starters, we only did 2 days.  All 4 would've been too much or him.  And I was at camp all day to help change clothes, etc. and he had his own designated staff member to help him do the things he needed help with (and carry him around).  He stayed with the group all day minus the time I would take him to change him or whatever. He did great playing with everyone and had fun.  He hasn't said a whole lot about it and we aren't sure if because we made such a big deal about it, he is playing it cool (which he's been known to do) or if he was just a tad bit overwhelmed by the whole thing.  Either way, he did great and had fun and we are so glad he got to enjoy camp with other kids.  I managed to snap a few pictures when I saw them around camp, but I didn't get a ton because I know from experience the last thing those staff members need is the Pee Wee's PARENTS following them everywhere! Haha!

Here he is with Paden, his go-to guy.  He is actually our cousins cousin (got that?) and he was so sweet to us and Kanyon.  (When will klp stop closing his eyes when he tries to smile??)

Lucky for me and Quinn, Janelle and Drayton let us hang out with them all day (Janelle and her husband are the directors so they live there all summer).  Q and Drayton are only 6 weeks apart so they had big fun playing all day together.  


Cousin Blake had a break from his group and spent it feeding the boys peaches!!  They were proud of their peaches.

Though it looks like they are ignoring each other in this pic, they really did have fun together.  

They even tried to steal the old antique car. 

This is Chaney, she grew up in our youth group in Longview and is working at CDR this summer. We were so excited to hear that she was working Pee Wee's while klp was there.  She was a huge help too!  

She even let Q in on the fun for a minute.  They loved watching the bigger kids play ping pong 

One day, Rachel came out for part of the day since Roselyn was there.  We told Nolan and Q to show us their teeth for a picture (trying to get a smile) and this is what we got....oh dear. 

But then Q got this sweet look on his face.....

 This was supposed to be a SILLY PICTURE.  Q flashed a great smile and Nolan shot us the bird.  We're gonna have to keep an eye on that kid.  

Q and Drayton taking a rest break.  Again, we said "show us your teeth" and Q opens wide and D sticks his tongue out.  I guess I need to come up with something new to say.

 I had to take klp up to the cookout so I snapped a few pics of our kids. Most of these other kids are from my church back home so its my friends' kids.  Fun to see them all having fun together.  


Here they are listening to the story

Must've been a good story to keep klp occupied enough to stay away from the fire.

I looked up a couple of minutes later and this is how klp and Roselyn were sitting.  He loves her so much and she is so sweet to just let him fall all over her.  

....and even lets him smell her hair.

 Payden Daniels let the SWEETEST prayer for the food. I'd like to point out that Roselyn was not in proper prayer posture.  

 I tried to get these 3 with their hot dogs and this was the best I got. Avery was the only one that would cooperate.  

Before changing for swim time klp and Nolan gazed out the mess hall window for a while

 Rachel took these of swim time.  klp, of course, loved swim time.  Especially the slide! 

Here are the cousins with Tyler (and I'm not sure who the girl in pink is???)

And again with Paden....

It was a fun couple of days for klp and we look forward to many more years of CDR fun!!!

Baby Phillips so far

***my last post had some Kanyon greatness on it, so don't miss it if you're seeing this!**

My great friend Mindi took some pictures of us a couple of weeks ago. I was mad at myself for not planning outfits sooner than 1 hour before pictures, but oh well.  As you can see, I'm growing and growing!  I am 31 weeks so I'm nearing the end of the time when I'm paranoid 24/7.  I've seen my Dr. every week since 24 which gets kinda old, but what doesn't get old is sonograms every other week!  Of course the baby has had its hand in front of its face almost every time, so we don't have a ton of good pics.  Its also breach which, since I have to have Csection, doesn't really matter to me.  I have 5 more weeks of shots and I'm looking forward to that being over.  YOOOOOUUUUUCH!!!  

I feel pretty good.  My back has hurt more this time, but something tells me that has as much (or more) to do with the 30 lb. boys I already have than the bundle I'm carrying inside me! :)  I still haven't completely lost the nausea. Not sure what the deal is. I still have days where I feel yucky, can't eat certain things, and even gag for no reason.  Nice.  I'm beginning to wonder if I will ever go back to normal! This baby is CRAZY. I don't remember my others moving this much, maybe they did and I just forgot, but this thing is WILD! My tummy is visibly moving all over the place all the time.   I really love it and it just never gets old.  This has been a very different pregnancy in a lot of ways which, if you believe the theory, means its a girl.  But I don't think I really buy any theories. I sort of just think its 50/50 no matter what. 

The boys have changed their tune a little on the gender. Up until a couple of weeks ago, Kanyon always said GIRL and Quinn always said BOY.  They usually stick to those predictions, but a few times, they've switched it up on me. hmmmmmmm.  What do I think it is?  I think I think its a boy (does that makes sense???).  With Quinn I really had a strong feeling he was a boy. I don't have a strong feeling, but I leaning towards boy.  I don't know if its because its just my default guess or if its because everyone else is convinced its a girl.  I would love to have a girl, but I also think there is something kind of charming about 3 boys.  And cheaper.  However, as I packed up clothes and stuff, I'm beginning to wonder if some of these clothes can make it through another boy! :)  We are nowhere close to having names.  Oh dear. 

The boys' room is coming together and I'm hoping to have Q in his big boy bed in the next week or two.  I'm nervous to say the least. Not so much about the beds, but about the room sharing part. Yikes. Nothin' like TONS of changes right before a new baby.  All of their stuff is already in one room and I love having one place to go to put up their clothes and stuff. 

We are nearing the home stretch with this baby and feeling soooo excited. It seemed so far off for so long and all of a sudden I realize how close it is.  I think the boys will do fine with the addition and other than dreading the surgery, I'm looking so forward to doing the newborn thing again.  So here are a few pics of "all of us".....

I mean really...REALLY? Is this not the best picture?? It wasn't even on purpose. I got up because my booty was tired of sitting on the bumpy rock concrete. I'm glad I did!!!  I don't belong in this blue eyed picture anyways.  

We were just planning on getting boots....bad idea by me.  But we all agree that this picture is pretty hilarious.  

Luckily Mindi's brain is better than mine and she suggested taking them off.  Haha. Cute.  Its so fun to wonder if those little boots will be worn with little hand me down Wranglers, or a new denim skirt!!!!